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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Media
Studies </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>BA
(Hons)</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>This
course is run over three years full time.</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>UCAS
Code: P300</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Course
Content</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Media
Studies explores the media in national and international contexts and prepares
you to enter the global employment market and to have a significant influence
on it. This degree course offers you the opportunity to explore many different
aspects of the media in a department that has a thriving and internationally
recognised research culture. Moreover, the 2008 National Student Survey gave
the programme excellent scores in student satisfaction especially for the
quality of our teaching. </span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>The
course includes both theoretical and practical modules. Theoretical study
addresses a range of media institutions, practices, users and audiences, and
examines issues such as the construction of visual and textual language and the
relationship between media and power. </span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>On
a practical level, you will develop skills in media research methods, writing,
digital media, multimedia, publishing, radio and video production. Access to
our excellent facilities ensures that the skills you take away from this course
will be well aligned with the requirements of professional practice. </span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Modules
(subject to change)</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Level
1</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Introduction
to Radio*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Digital
Imaging*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Media
and Society*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Communications
and Technology*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Research
Methods*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Introduction
to Print</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Introduction
to Video</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Analysing
Media text</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Level
2</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Media,
Culture and Identity*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Digital
Culture Theory*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Theorising
Popular Culture*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Media
and Political Economy*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Internet
Communications</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Video
Documentary</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Radio
Documentary</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>News
and Feature Writing</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Radio
Features</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Level
3 </span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Undergraduate
Major Project*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Theorising
the Information Age*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Alternative
Media Cultures*</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Working
in Communication</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Multiplexed:
Contemporary Popular Cinema</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Creative
practice in Film and Video</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Creative
Radio</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>*
Compulsory Modules</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Entry
Requirements</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"'>Our
typical minimum entry requirement is Grade C or above in GCSE English and Maths
plus 160 UCAS points at A Level or an advanced level qualification in a related
subject such as National Certificate/Diploma or Access certificate. Applicants
who do not qualify by any of these routes are welcome to contact us to discuss
admission on previous qualifications and experience.</span></p>

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